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J. E. CARRGLL.

'HIP GOVERING AND CORNER FINISH FOR ROOFING.

No. 397,535. PaJtjwlLQllFeb. 12, 18891.

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VUNTTE STATES PATENT Trice.

JOHN E. CARROLL, OF PlllLADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE CORTRlGllT METAL ROOFING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HIP"COVER|NG AND CORNER-FINISH FOR ROOFING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,535, dated February 12, 1889.

Application filed December 22, 1888. Serial No. 294,381. (No model.)

To @ZZ who/JL t may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN E. CARROLL, of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and u se- `ful Improved Hip-Covering and Corner-Finish for Roofing, of which the following is a true and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to the construction of what are generally called hip-covering and corner-finishing devices, Vforrmifers use; and the object which l have in view is to so construct the device 'for such uses as to enable thein to be applied to a roof with great ease and convenience to the roofer, while at the saine time they will forni secure and sightly portions of the roof-covering.

The nature of my invention will be best 2o understood after reference to the drawings in which it is illustrated, in which drawings- Figure l is a perspective view of a roof, showing my device applied to its hips; Figs. 2 and 3, perspective views of two of niy iinproved devices a-bout to be joined together; Fig. a, a side view showing the way ni which the joinder is effected, and Fig. 5 a cross-section through the joint on the line x of Fig. 4.

A is the roof of the building; B, my iinproved hipcovering and corner-finish made up, as shown, of a metallic plate bent at C and C C so as to forni the two outer sides, D D, with folds D D extending up beneath. The ends of the folds D are prolonged at one end, 3, so as to extend out from beneath the sides D and Yforni the two projecting lugs E F., which serve as the nailingIanges by which iny device is secured to the roof'.

In fitting my hip-covering along a ridge or corner, l begin at the top and nail the top hipeovering to the roof by its projecting :flanges E E, thc device being placed so that these Iianges are downward. The top of the upperinosthilgvcoverin g should also, of course, be secured in seine convenient way. The upper end, B2, of another bent plate is then slipped into the lower end, B, the parts D D and D D being pressed together at the said upper end and inserted above the flanges E and folds D o of the upper plate and beneath its sides D D.

To effect this easily and without distorting the upper plate, it desirable that the lower corners of the end B2 should be cut away, as is shown at F, and by properly proportioning this cut it will practically serve as a gage to 5 5 determine the proper degree of insertion, as

is shown in Fig. i. The plate being secured to the upper plate in this way is nailed to the roof through its flanges E, and additional plates similarly secured until-the hip or cor- 6o ner is covered.

It is advisable fo cut away the lower corners of the flanges E, as is shown at F', so as to avoid having too inany thicknesses of metal at the lower edge of the joint. (See Fig.

My device can obviously be used on edges as well as corners and ridges of roofing, and Vfor this and occasional other uses it is not essential that-it should beniade the saine on both sides. Thus, if in Fig. 3 the parts of one side should 7o be cut away below the dotted line .r the device would be well fitted for use and possess its distinctive feature of the projecting lug E, by which it can be secured to the roof without driving a nail through the finishing device proper, or requiring to be secured te the roof before the roofing-plates are in place.

Of course niy device may be used on corners of buildings other than roof-corners.

Having now described iny invention, wha 8o l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Paf ent, is-

l. As a hipcovering and corner-finish for roofing, a sheet-1n etal plate bent at C to f-orin the covering sides D fl), and again bent on one 8 5 orboth sides at Al', so that the edge D will lie substantially against and on the inside of side D, the said edge or edges D being prolonged at one end to form a nailing fiange orflangesdil, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 9o

2. As a hip-covering and cornenlinish for roofing, asheet-inetal plate bent at O to forni the covering sides D D, and again bent on one or both sides at O, so that the edge D will lie substantially against and on the inside of side D, the said edge or edges D being prolonged at one end to forni a nailing flange or fianges, E, and the corner or corners of the upper end being cut away at F, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. As a hip-covering and corner-finish for roofing, a sheet-metal plate bent at C to forni IOO the Covering sides D D, and again bent on one o1' both sides at C', so that the edge D will lie substantially against and on the inside of side D, the said edge oi' edges D being prolonged at one end to forni a nailing lian ge or flanges, E, the eoinei or eoi'neis of the upper end being eut away at F, and the loweil coi-ners of the lianges E eut away at F, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. As a hip-covering and eornei--liuisli for roofing, a sheet-metal plate bent at C to forni the covering sides D D, and again bent on both sides at l', so that the edge Dl will lie substantially against and on the inside of sides D, the said edge D being prolonged at one end to 'form nailing-flanges E, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

J oHN E. CARROLL.

Witnesses:

THOMAS A. HALL, NV. D. TRUE. 

